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Safety Of Canning Quick Breads, Charlotte Brennand Oct 2000

Safety Of Canning Quick Breads, Charlotte Brennand

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Clover Mites, Dr. Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe Jun 2000

Clover Mites, Dr. Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

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Clover mites, Bryobia praetiosa Koch, are not insects but are more closely related to chiggers, ticks, and spiders. They belong to the spider mite family Tetranychidae. These mites are found throughout the world on trees, shrubs, flowers, grasses, and agricultural crops.


Grass Pasture Response To Water And Nitrogen, Robert W. Hill, Robert Newhall, Scott Williams, Brian Andrew Jun 2000

Grass Pasture Response To Water And Nitrogen, Robert W. Hill, Robert Newhall, Scott Williams, Brian Andrew

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The objective of this project is to study the response of pasture grass varieties to weather, irrigation and fertility in a field experimental plot at a high elevation. The water variable is accomplished with a line source sprinkler irrigation system. Two nitrogen fertility levels were imposed on two of the grass varieties


Carpenter Ants And Control In Homes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe May 2000

Carpenter Ants And Control In Homes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

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Carpenter ants are members of the insect order Hymenoptera, which includes bees, wasps, sawflies, and other ants. Carpenter ants can be occasional pests in the home and are noted particularly for the damage they can cause when nesting in wood. In Utah they are more of a nuisance rather than a major structural pest.


Leafhoppers In The Home Garden, Jay B. Karren Apr 2000

Leafhoppers In The Home Garden, Jay B. Karren

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Leafhoppers are common problems in home gardens and orchards throughout the state of Utah. There are many species of leafhoppers, several of which attack apples, roses, grapes, and potatoes. Most species overwinter in the egg stage in the bark of the host plant or among the fallen host plant leaves.


Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe Apr 2000

Millipedes, Jay B. Karren, Alan H. Roe

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Millipedes are related to trilobites, spiders and ticks, sowbugs, and crayfish, centipedes, and insects. Each group represents a different class of arthropods. Millipedes or "thousandlegged worms" include over 800 species of the class Diplopoda in North America.


How Well Does Your Irrigation Canal Hold Water?, Robert Hill Mar 2000

How Well Does Your Irrigation Canal Hold Water?, Robert Hill

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Irrigation canals placed in native soil or lined with earth can have seepage water losses varying from 20 percent to more than 50 percent. Well designed, new compacted earth lined canals can have reduced seepage losses similar to concrete lined channels. However, consistent and regular maintenance is required to keep seepage losses low. Older concrete lined canals with deteriorated joints and frost heave or settled sections may also have high seepage losses and require rehabilitating.


Crocheted Market Bag From Recycled Plastic Grocery Bags, Jodi Smith Jan 2000

Crocheted Market Bag From Recycled Plastic Grocery Bags, Jodi Smith

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This sturdy bag is the same size as an ordinary plastic grocery sack. It can hold much more, because you can pack it full.


Ignoring Variation: Are We Missing Opportunities?, Behave Jan 2000

Ignoring Variation: Are We Missing Opportunities?, Behave

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This publication discusses the fact that each individual person and animal is so unique from one another and the opportunity to study and learn about the differences rather than the similarities and averages is often passed up.


The Role Of Composting And Soil And Manure Testing In Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning., Rich Koenig Jan 2000

The Role Of Composting And Soil And Manure Testing In Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning., Rich Koenig

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What is comprehensive nutrient management planning?


Basic Crochet Slipper, Debra Proctor Jan 2000

Basic Crochet Slipper, Debra Proctor

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Basic Crochet Slipper


Helping Dairy Producers Reduce The Scc, Clell Bagley Jan 2000

Helping Dairy Producers Reduce The Scc, Clell Bagley

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Practicing veterinarians are in an excellent position to help dairy producers recognize and deal with the problem of elevated somatic cell counts (SCC). Yet they are seldom asked to assist. A high SCC is an indication of chronic, subclinical mastitis in the herd and is also an indication of significant economic losses.


Carbohydrate Reserves: What You Learned May Be Wrong, Behave Jan 2000

Carbohydrate Reserves: What You Learned May Be Wrong, Behave

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This publication discusses when it is best to have livestock graze on land according to the carbohydrate reserves.


Factors Influencing Grazing Tolerance, Behave Jan 2000

Factors Influencing Grazing Tolerance, Behave

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This publication discusses the different factors that influence grazing intolerance.


Ingestion Of Toxic Plants By Herbivores, Behave Jan 2000

Ingestion Of Toxic Plants By Herbivores, Behave

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This publication goes over the different types of toxins commonly produced by and found in plants.


Behavior Depends On Consequences, Behave Jan 2000

Behavior Depends On Consequences, Behave

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Learning About Foods And Locations, Behave Jan 2000

Learning About Foods And Locations, Behave

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This publication discusses the different ways that animals learn and adapt by being in different places and experiencing different things.


Mother Knows Best, Behave Jan 2000

Mother Knows Best, Behave

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No abstract provided.


Palatability - More Than A Matter Of Taste, Behave Jan 2000

Palatability - More Than A Matter Of Taste, Behave

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This publication explores the theory that palatability is more than a matter of taste but is an interrelationship between a food's flavor and its postingestive effects.


Turfgrass Care – Northern Utah Cool Season Grasses, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Turfgrass Care – Northern Utah Cool Season Grasses, Usu Extension

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Turfgrass adds beauty to most landscapes, helps cool the environment, and gives people a place to play, sit and walk barefoot. Maintaining a lawn properly helps keep it beautiful for years to come, and reduces the likelihood of problems. A few simple practices can make lawn care easier and more satisfying.


Why Animals Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Why Animals Die From Eating Poisonous Plants, Usu Extension

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If animals can learn which plants are toxic and which are safe, then why do they eat poisonous plants and die?


A Note About Market Lamb Docking, Usu Extension Jan 2000

A Note About Market Lamb Docking, Usu Extension

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Tail removal or docking of lambs by the commercial sheep industry is a standard management practice. When properly docked, the tail or dock will be long enough that when lifting the tail to defecate, the caudal folds on the under side of the tail are raised.


Chalkboard With Pocket Placemat, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams Jan 2000

Chalkboard With Pocket Placemat, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams

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Chalkboard with Pocket.


Considerations For Knit Fabrics, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Considerations For Knit Fabrics, Usu Extension

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There are a number of characteristics of a knit fabric that will influence the pattern used and the sewing techniques chosen. Knits can vary from light weight to bulky weight and from tightly to loosely knit.


Cuffed Knit Slippers, Debra Proctor Jan 2000

Cuffed Knit Slippers, Debra Proctor

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Cuffed Knit Slippers.


Fleece Facts, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Fleece Facts, Usu Extension

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Launder and choose the side of fleece you like best for the outside, unless it is a water resistant or wind proof fleece and then it should have a definite right and wrong side.


Knitted Nesting Pincushion, Debra Proctor Jan 2000

Knitted Nesting Pincushion, Debra Proctor

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Knitted Nesting Pincushion


Make Your Own Knitting Needles, Debra Proctor Jan 2000

Make Your Own Knitting Needles, Debra Proctor

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Making your own knitting needles can be fun. Yarn will not slip as easily on wooden knitting needles, making them a good choice for beginners.


Panel Quilt With Prairie Points, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams Jan 2000

Panel Quilt With Prairie Points, Debra Proctor, Kami Williams

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This pattern is for a quick and easy wall hanging using a pre-printed panel for the center and added borders to make it the desired size. It has wider borders on the sides to trick the eye into thinking that the borders are the same size on all four sides to balance the prairie points.


Livestock As A Tool For Biodiversity In The Sagebrush Steppe, Usu Extension Jan 2000

Livestock As A Tool For Biodiversity In The Sagebrush Steppe, Usu Extension

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Biodiversity, or the variety of plant and animal species in a given location, has declined in many areas in the West. For example, woody plants, such as sagebrush and juniper now dominate many western landscapes.